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Tag Archives: The Water Will Hold You
Crossing the Bridge
Bridge-crossing is a metaphor, of course, and a clichéd one at that. It’s also an action grounded in regular habit for anyone who lives near water: to get to work, to school, to home, we cross a bridge. Growing up, … Continue reading
Story of an Ending*
Halfway through the year, a visitor appeared to a teenaged girl. This was no ordinary visitor. The visitor greeted the girl, who was perplexed, even troubled, by the greeting. Why had this extraordinary visitor come? Don’t be afraid, the visitor … Continue reading
Posted in craft, faith, reading, spirituality, teaching, writing
Tagged angel Gabriel, annunciation, conflict in narrative, Elizabeth, Eva Bovenzi, Fra Angelico, gospel of Luke, Lindsey Crittenden, Luke 1:26-38, Mary, Messenger paintings, narrative craft, San Marco, The Water Will Hold You, Virgin Mary, Zechariah
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Adventus
It’s the season of waiting at church, the Christian season of Advent, the four weeks leading up to Christmas. For those of us who put up our trees on the 23rd or 24th and leave them through Twelfth Night, waiting … Continue reading
Posted in faith, spirituality, writing
Tagged Advent, adversity, Christmas, church seasons, destruction of the temple, earthquakes, end times, false prophets, famine, Fitch Mountain, Flood, gospel of Luke, gospel of Matthew, John the Baptist, lectionary, Lindsey Crittenden, liturgical seasons, novel revision, Pharisees, prophecy, Sadducees, scripture, silent retreat, Son of Man, The Water Will Hold You, waiting
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Back In the (Blog) Saddle
I know. I’ve posted this before. And no one likes an excuse. Tedious, really, and ultimately who cares? So I’ll just say: I’m back. Thanks to Meghan Ward (of Writerland), I’m sitting down this Friday morning to post here. “Are you … Continue reading
Coming Out of Traction
First, a few announcements this first Friday in June: Summer writing classes at the Grotto are now open for enrollment. I’m excited about teaching a weekend workshop in August, on using existing models to craft short fiction. Check out all … Continue reading
Posted in craft, writing, writing groups
Tagged Anne Saliou, blogging, Developing the Memoir, Elena Ferrante, Fiction Intensive, Fiction Writing Intensive, Grotto, Grotto classes, head traction, Hemingway, Iyengar yoga, Lindsey Crittenden, My Brilliant Friend, The Lost Daughter, The Water Will Hold You, traction, UC Berkeley Extension, writers' group, writing blogs, writing classes, yoga, Yoga Loft
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Will Write for Food
A guy I knew in grad school used to wear a T-shirt with those four words on the front. Every time he wore it, the rest of us gave knowing chuckles. The statement aptly captured two assumptions of student life: … Continue reading
Posted in agents, teaching, writing
Tagged blog posts, blogging, bloodbath, Conde Nast, Facebook, Facebook followers, grad school, grad students, Huffington Post, HuffPo, Lindsey Crittenden, magazine writing, social media, The Water Will Hold You, Twitter followers, Writers@Work, writing for free, writing for pay, writing income, writing profession
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On Deadline
I’m on deadline. I’ve written that before, many times, for the most part about a self-imposed deadline. Even this blog, which I try to keep posting to every-other-Friday, is a voluntary act. As much as I hope that some of … Continue reading
Only Connect
I’m in a scattershot mood this morning, so today’s post will be rather scattershot. First, I’d like to give a shout-out to three colleagues with recently published books: Lana Dalberg, BIRTHING GOD Judith Newton, TASTING HOME Monica Wesolowska, HOLDING SILVAN … Continue reading
Posted in community, craft, faith, reading, teaching, writing
Tagged Birthing God, cell phone, cell phones, checking email, depression, email, Holding Silvan, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, Judith Newton, Lana Dalberg, Lindsey Crittenden, Monica Wesolowska, smart phones, Stinson Beach, Tasting Home, teacher/student connection, The Water Will Hold You
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Get A Job
I’ve worked as a stained-glass artist, a translator, a marine biologist, and an archeologist. Or, rather, my characters have. One of the most direct ways into inhabiting character and discovering details that lift a story beyond “mere” narrative has always … Continue reading
Branding
Yesterday over lunch at the Grotto, where I’m subletting office space, another writer (also finishing up her novel) and I got on the topic of branding. You know, the “author brand.” I resisted the first time I heard the phrase, … Continue reading
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